Comment by MacHaggis on 11/06/2015 at 08:47 UTC

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View submission: Removing harassing subreddits

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I think the concept of shadowbans is pure genius, but it has been severely abused during the past years, to the point that being shadowbanned sais absolutely nothing about you anymore.

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Comment by ManWhoKilledHitler at 11/06/2015 at 16:36 UTC

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It makes perfect sense for dealing with spammers and bots but using it on normal site members is a really insidious and shady way of shutting down unwanted discussion.